Today...

TODAY

I

HAVE

HIT

400

MILES

RAN

FOR

THE

YEAR

!!!

Friday...

OK, so we are getting ready to put our house up on the market.... again! If it's God's will that it sells, then it will sell, I'm going to try not to stress about it!

We had an appt with a Realtor this morning at 10:00, who came to the house to get things going. Then we had an appt with a mortgage broker at 11:00 to get an approval letter. We've been slowing starting to de-clutter areas and box up stuff we know we won't be using for the next several months. I just hate this whole process, but we just got to take it one day at a time.

Anyway, made delicious smoothies for Jeromy, Jade and Kenton... yum....

 The kids love their smoothies. Jeromy's not in the picture cause he's re-caulking the kids' bathroom tub... I'll just say nasty, there will be no before pictures of that mess! We have alot of things around the house to do. There's one broken board on the back deck, it also needs to be pressure washed, and tree limbs cut back from the roof... and the roof needs some attention. So glad I have a husband that can take care of that, cause if it was just me I'd say "as is people- take it or leave it!" LOL

 I made my vegetable smoothie. Nobody likes it but me. It's definitely an acquired taste. But once I got used to it I started sneaking in more broccoli, I love this drink. I have it almost everyday. Carrots, a tomato, an orange, small pepper, chunk of cucumber, lots of broccoli and ice!

 I've been doing really well at taking care of my vitamix. Cleaning it with soapy water after every use. So easy to clean!

 A co-worker bought me a larger blender cup, and it's purple! This drink usually would take 2 cups, now I can fit it all in one! Love it!

OK, off to work now. Later!

Did I ever tell you I LOVE my Vitamix???

Monday, April 30, 2012....

Vitamix use #1: cantaloupe & romaine lettuce smoothie (my amazing daughter found some lime that I didn't even know we had!!)

Vitamix use #2: Protein shake with kefir milk, strawberries, blueberries, spinach, honey and flax seed.

Vitamix use #3: Vegetable smoothie with carrots, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, sm. pepper and an orange.

Vitamix use #4: bringing my artichoke, pepper, garlic, garbanzo bean soup I made last night to work tonight!

Just sayin'....

And I ran 9 miles today. I am feeling really good! But the pounds just don't seem to want to budge. Lame, but I am feeling great so I am going with that for now!

Weekend happenings...

OK, so Jeromy busted out his old car race track thing. This toy is 29 years old and it still works!!! Here's Jeromy and Aurora setting it up and getting ready to race...

Some live action- hold on to your seats- it's pretty intense LOL...

 Here's Aurora working on some of her science homework- she wasn't really feelin' it. Can you tell? Jeromy was trying to help teach her some study habits- he has alot of tools that help him study!

 We also went to Costco cause we had to stock up on more fruits and vegetables... YUM!

Then I tried that smoothie from your blog Mary! But I forgot the lime, and I added half an apple that was left from Aurora's smoothie I made. So this has half a cantaloupe, a head of romaine lettuce, the half apple and then the ice... of course I thought it was delicious! And of course Jeromy... not so much. He did drink the whole drink but doesn't want another one! I can't believe he doesn't like it, it tastes so delicious and refreshing! I got 3 cantaloupes from Costco and the big bag of about 5-6 heads of romaine lettuce- so I'll be enjoying this drink all week long- and Jade loves cantaloupe so I'm sure she'll enjoy it with me!

 This afternoon, after church, we headed over to Jeromy's side of the family. They have potluck/birthday parties every 2 months cause they have so many people and it's hard to get together all the time. Today they were celebrating March/April birthdays. When we got there, alot of the little kids were out playing.... so cute...

 Here's Joanne with Hailee and baby Anthony- who is 8 months old but looks like he's 2!!

JL (Johnnalynn) is opening a card and all the other kids are hovering over her! She turned 12!

 Then it was Jeromy's turn to open his birthday cards... he had alot of helpers...

 Here's all the birthday people. I got in there, too, cause we missed the January/February potluck, so I got a special cupcake, along with Joanne, JL, Jeromy and his brother Adam...

So now I'm making some yummy artichoke, roasted peppers, onions, garbanzo beans and garlic soup in my vitamix to go over some ground turkey and brown rice for my work lunches- Jade and I really like this soup!

Different Opinions.

Well, I think the broccoli in the fruit smoothie tasted pretty good.

I made one for Jeromy, but didn't tell him about the broccoli. Later when he drank it, I was at work and he called and said it just didn't taste right. So I told him about the broccoli.

His exact words: Don't ever do that again.

LOL, ok maybe not broccoli for him, but I'm going to keep sneaking veggies in there, cause they are good for him!

I think I'm going to try that melon/romaine lettuce/ lime green smoothie that you had on your blog auntie Mary- that looked really good!

Another vegetable...

Today, in my fruit smoothie, I tried- BROCCOLI!!! Can you believe that? And it tasted pretty good. Spinach is definitely great cause you can't taste it, but the broccoli was pretty good, too!

I listen to a little vitamix tip on my auntie Mary's blog about mixing up your greens cause there are small amounts of toxins in most greens and if you're eating the same one constantly then you're building up that toxin. But if you MIX IT UP, then the levels stay low enough that your body can handle them easy-peasy. Plus it just makes sense to have a well rounded amount of different vegetables.

OK, the end.

Continuing Jeromy's Birthday Month Celebrations...

 Jeromy has been wanting his gluten-free German chocolate cake for a while now. So we left early before church this morning we were able to stop by Fred Meyer on the way and pick up the cake mix, they don't sell it everywhere ya know!

I had to get out in the sun as soon as we got home, my daughter totally understood so she made the cake... cause Jeromy couldn't wait till dinner.

He REALLY wanted a piece of that cake. It's amazing how good a gluten-free cake is. And no worries about it upsetting Jeromy's stomach... I don't know about that frosting tho...

 He's so cute, I just love him!

 OK, now that dessert is out of the way... seriously, we all had a piece of cake, then we started dinner. Jeromy wanted steak. That is a big ol' piece of steak- had to cut it in half...

 Shrinks down alot. After taking it out we had to cut it into smaller pieces and cook it some more...

 Got so smoky in the house the sun shine is shining in on the smoke...

 Pretty spring flowers from Jeromy!

I'm glad I had the weekend off. Over time is supposed to pick back up tomorrow from what I hear... waahhhhhhh